Resurgent Henman Ousts Hewitt in Miami

Posted on March 26, 2006

Tim Henman showed his 31 years on Earth and chronic back problems won't keep him from occasionally revisiting his glory days in 2006, on Saturday at the Masters Series-Miami following up his opening round win over Marat Safin with a 7-6(5), 6-3 win over Lleyton Hewitt.

Entering the match Hewitt had won all eight of his career encounters with the Brit.

"I think my match against Safin was much cleaner and of probably a higher quality but this was a case of different conditions against a different opponent," Henman told reporters. "This was more satisfying."

Federer was 1-for-2 in video replay challenges Saturday, and perturbed when the replay malfunctioned and was unavailable for a period.

"Obviously that's something that is not acceptable for us players, playing with our minds," Federer told reporters. "Got to give it time, I guess."

Federer will next face Haas, who has played him tightly in two meetings this year.

"This will be our third time this year," Federer told reporters. "He's coming back strong, it will be tough for me. He likes to play in the States, he almost grew up here. I have to watch out."

Blake said he felt no remorse for Berlocq, who in the previous round beat Donald Young 0-and-0.

"All I think about is the fact that I need to do everything I can to win each game, because it's not, you know, a social game," Blake told reporters. "It's not a country-club game where we're going to go have tea and cookies afterwards. We're doing this for a living, trying to win. That's my goal. It's not to embarrass anyone, it's to go out and win."